1/ If you want to know what really happened yesterday in the insane press conference, listen to this excellent, truly wonderful 12 minute summary of the Trump insanity from Jimmy Kimmel.....
Yes of course he's amusing, but this ranks up there with the best comedic reporting.....I'm really impressed!
Jimmy Kimmel lamented how he and his writing team had to scratch so many good non-political related jokes Tuesday in order to properly respond to the president’s press conference.
“It was like if your book club reading turned into a cock fight. It really was remarkable,” Kimmel said.
“I don’t know who decided it would be a good idea to send him in front of reporters today. But whoever did obviously misread his state of mind and the mood of this country right now,” he added.
Kimmel called Trump “completely unhinged” and said that “the wheels are off the wagon and hurtling towards the moon right now.”
After playing a snippet of the press conference for his audience, Kimmel concluded, “I think we may need an alt-president right now.”
2/ Bill Curry met Trump in the 90's, and the experience stayed with him....
In 1994, I visited the home of Donald Trump. He was a Democrat then, of sorts, and I was the party’s nominee for governor of Connecticut. He’d taken an interest in our state owing to his keen desire to lodge a casino in Bridgeport, an idea I found economically and morally dubious. I had scant hope of enlisting him, but made the trip anyway, thinking that if I convinced him I might win, he’d be less apt to bankroll my opponent.
I arrived at Trump Tower in early evening, accompanied by my finance chair and an old friend and colleague. Stepping off the elevator into his apartment, we were met by a display of sterile, vulgar ostentation: all gold, silver, brass, marble; nothing soft, welcoming or warm. Trump soon appeared and we began to converse, but not really. In campaigns, we candidates do most of the talking; because we like to, and because people ask us lots of questions. Not this time. Not by a long shot.
3/ Stephen Colbert with his opener last night, on our insane President and the press conference.....it's the same as Kimmel, but funnier.....12 minutes of vintage Colbert....
The late-night hosts each took a swipe at President Trump’s unhinged press conference Tuesday afternoon, displaying their most sincere contempt yet for the commander in chief.
“He held a press conference today I believe in the 7th Circle of Hell,” Stephen Colbertled off his monologue Tuesday night.
“The Late Show” host played clips from the presser, singling out the moments when Trump defended the white nationalists who showed up to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.
“Just your average, friendly, civic-minded, torch-wielding mob,” Colbert sarcastically agreed with the president. “You know, probably holding the torches so that everyone could see them point out all the good people there. ‘There’s one! There’s one over there. There’s a good guy. Look at that guy right there! He’s a good one.'”
Colbert wasn’t buying Trump’s concern that the removal of statues would also lead to the removal of history.
“Yes, taking down a statue is totally changing history. Because the main way anybody learns about history is through statue-based study. That’s how we know that Abraham Lincoln was 20 feet tall and loved sitting down.”
4/ Paul Krugman with an excellent column.....
Remember back in 2008, when Sarah Palin used to talk about the “real America”? She meant rural and small-town residents — white residents, it went without saying — who supposedly embodied the nation’s true essence.
She was harshly condemned for those remarks, and rightly so — and not just because the real, real America is a multiracial, multicultural land of great metropolitan areas as well as small towns. More fundamentally, what makes America America is that it is built around an idea: the idea that all men are created equal, and are entitled to basic human rights. Take away that idea and we’re just a giant version of a two-bit autocracy.
And maybe that is what we have, in fact, become. For Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn the murderous white supremacists in Charlottesville finally confirms what has become increasingly obvious: The current president of the United States isn’t a real American.
Real Americans understand that our nation is built around values, not the “blood and soil” of the marchers’ chants; what makes you an American is your attempt to live up to those values, not the place or race your ancestors came from. And when we fall short in our effort to live up to our ideals, as we all too often do, at least we realize and acknowledge our failure.
5/ Bill Maher with his amusing six minute opener from Friday....
While Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are taking turns making nuclear threats against each other’s country, Bill Maher thinks it may be because the two are so alike.
During Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host pointed out that in this past week in 1946, the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” on Japan. He used historical event as a smooth transition into discussing the current back-and-forth between the U.S. and North Korea.
“And this week, it came full circle with a different Fat Man and Little Boy,” he cracked. “Oh yes, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, if you haven’t read about it, are trying to see who has the bigger micro-penis. I mean, that’s what this is all about, isn’t it? This whole conflict could be resolved by two hookers willing to lie, that’s all I’m saying. I just think some day these two a——s are going to bump into each other at the hair club for tyrants and they’re going to realize, ‘You know what, we’re not so different, you and I.'”
6/ A most interesting story especially if you are approaching age 65......read, and learn and than don't just accept what the Doctors try to do to you........
Every summer around this time, pediatricians’ offices are flooded with children getting the vaccines they need to start another year of school.
Doctors base their advice on which shots patients should get when on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendations. The guidelines are presented in two schedules, one for children, the other for adults, both divided into subgroups based on developmental biology and social behaviors common at different ages. Unfortunately, there’s a major problem with the guidelines. And it’s representative of a larger failing in our health care system.
There are 17 subgroupings for children from birth through age 18. That makes sense because, of course, a 6-month-old has had little time to develop immunity, weighs far less than an 8-year-old and is exposed to fewer people than a teenager. There are five subgroups for adults. But all Americans 65 and older — including the two fastest-growing segments of our population, the 80- to 90-year-olds and those over 100 — are lumped in a single group, as if bodies and behaviors don’t change over the last half-century of life.
7/ One of Bill Maher's more serious "New Rules", and he rips into the Republican Party with a vengeance.....some great zingers too....five minutes....
On Real Time, Bill Maher blasted Trump and Republicans for obsessing over ‘trolling’ liberals instead of just, you know, governing.
Donald Trump and his buddies sure do love to stick it to liberals. They try to take every chance they get to take shots at the left, whether the situation calls for it or not. In fact, you could say it’s gotten to the point where Trump is literally ignoring his job in favor of just trying to antagonize the other side.
This was the subject of Bill Maher’s “New Rule” on the latest edition of Real Time. Maher says that Republicans may as well go ahead and change their name to the Troll Party. “Because that’s all they are now, trolls,” Maher explains. “People who get off on provoking other people who are trying to have an adult conversation.”
8/ You sometimes see police abuse stories that truly baffle the mind.....like this one....how does this happen in America?
Oh, it's not America - it's Texas....
Dashcam Video Shows Cops Searching Woman’s Vagina For 11 Minutes, Lawyer Says
The attorney says it amounts to “rape by cop.”
Texas attorney Samuel Cammack III has released police dashcam video that he says shows authorities subjected a black college student to a humiliating public body cavity search.
Cammack, who represents 23-year-old Charneisha Corley, told Houston’s Fox 26 Newsthe video shows what amounts to an 11-minute “rape by cop” on June 21, 2015.
An officer “body slammed Miss Corley, stuck her head underneath the vehicle and completely pulled her pants off, leaving her naked and exposed in that Texaco parking lot,” Cammack said. “They then took Miss Corley and placed both ankles behind her ears spread eagle position and started to search for something in Miss Corley’s cavity in her vaginal area.”
9/ Carl Hiaasen in the Miami Herald with a mildly amusing story about Rick Scott and the climate deniers.....
Those darned scientists. Why do they have to be so negative?
A new Climate Science Special Report says it’s “extremely likely” that human activity has caused more than half the rise in global temperatures during the last 40 years.
The report, which is under review by our Climate Denier-in-Chief, is based on the work of scientists in 13 federal agencies.
Can’t we just fire all these people so they’ll quit talking about this stuff?
10/ A two minute trailer for a new horror movie "The Republican".....it's a parody, but still scary!
We Submit This Horror Parody, ‘The Republican,’ Without Comment
We simply won’t take sides on this hilarious and accurate parody.
RosaBaby Comedy is a sketch duo made up of Frankie LaPace & Alexandra Nader, both comedy writers born to women named Rosa.
Their horror parody “The Republican” is about a girl meeting a seemingly nice guy who slowly reveals himself to be a diehard Trump supporter. Chills.
Todays video - a whale breaching off Johannesburg SA....stunning video, beautiful....
If you know even a little bit about the humpback whale, you are already well aware of their formidable size. These massive creatures may not seem very agile, but their ability to leap definitely causes a major stir. Did you know that a fully grown humpback whale weighs the exact same amount as at least 24 grown up hippos? While this amount of weight may cause you to wonder how the humpback whale can move with such grace, this incredible video allows you to see more.
The clip takes place in South Africa.
Todays kids jokes....
While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent. Just as I thought I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My Mom makes me ride in the stroller too."
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As I was nursing my baby, my cousin's six-year-old daughter, Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast feed before, she was intrigued and full of all kinds of questions about what I was doing. After mulling over my answers, she remarked, "My mom has some of those, but I don't think she knows how to use them."
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Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. "In ten years," I said, "you'll want to be with your friends, and you won't go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now.
Carolyn shrugged. "In ten years you'll be too old to do all those things anyway"
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Working as a pediatric nurse, I had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children. One day, I entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her injection
"No, no, no!" she screamed.
"Lizzie," scolded her mother, "that's not polite behavior."
With that, the girl yelled even louder, "No, thank you! No, thank you!"
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On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, "Dad, I know babies come from mommies' tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?"
After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, "You don't have to make up something, Dad. It's okay if you don't know the answer."
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Just before I was deployed to Iraq, I sat my eight-year-old son down and broke the news to him. "I'm going to be away for a long time," I told him. "I'm going to Iraq."
"Why?" he asked. "Don't you know there's a war going on over there?"
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Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children stricken with cancer, AIDS, and blood diseases. One afternoon, he and his wife, Joanne Woodward, stopped by to have lunch with the kids. A counselor at a nearby table, suspecting the young patients wouldn't know Newman was a famous movie star, explained, "That's the man who made this camp possible. Maybe you've seen his picture on his salad dressing bottle?"
Blank stares.
"Well, you've probably seen his face on his lemonade carton."
An eight-year-old girl perked up. "How long was he missing?"
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And a personal favorite.
His wife's graveside service was just barely finished when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance.
The little, old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's there."
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